The Daily Populous

Friday December 23rd, 2022 day edition

image for A Ukrainian Steals $25,000 In Bitcoin From Russian Dark Web Drug Market And Gives It To A Kyiv Charity

A Ukrainian says that he broke into the Solaris drug market’s master wallet and diverted its funds to a Ukrainian humanitarian charity.

This Christmas, Ukrainian cyber intelligence expert Alex Holden is giving back to his homeland.

This wallet was used by buyers and dealers to deposit and withdraw funds, acting as the site’s cryptocurrency exchange.

With money quickly going in and out of the wallet, it rarely contained more than 3 bitcoin, worth $50,000, Holden said.

“Maybe the Kremlin won’t defend their country’s drug trade and fix the drug problems instead of invading Ukraine.”.

The attacks could have an impact beyond the dark web drug trade in Russia.

He noted that shortly after the RT interview, the hackers said in a Telegram post that they had received financial contributions from Solaris. »

January 6 committee releases final report, says Trump should be barred from office

Authored by edition.cnn.com

The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection recommends barring former President Donald Trump from holding office again.

But the committee points to Chesebro, a known associate of Eastman, as being responsible for creating the fake electors plot.

In newly revealed testimony included in the January 6 committee’s final report, the aide, John McEntee, said Trump told him “[t]his is a crazy day.” »

Kremlin disappointed no calls for peace with Russia were made during Zelensky’s visit to U.S

Authored by uawire.org

Kremlin disappointed no calls for peace with Russia were made during Zelensky’s visit to U.S Thursday, December 22, 2022 12:00:07 PM.

"There were no calls for peace, no real calls for peace – not on camera, but real ones.

This suggests that the United States really continues its policy of de facto and indirectly fighting with Russia to the last Ukrainian," Putin's spokesman said. »

West Point moves to vanquish Confederate symbols from campus

Authored by apnews.com

The United States Military Academy, as West Point is officially known, was established in 1809 along the bank of the Hudson River in upstate New York.

More than a half-dozen of the commission’s recommendations for West Point involve Lee, who graduated second in his class in 1829 and later served as superintendent.

Two other Confederate officers in the commission’s crosshairs were West Point grads P.G.T. Beauregard and William Hardee. »

Patriot missiles to Ukraine: US regaining escalation dominance?

Authored by airforce-technology.com

The addition of the Patriot missile system will offer a long-range capability for defending Ukraine from cruise and ballistic missiles, intercepting missiles within a 100-mile radius and at heights up to 79,000ft.

Russia has already said that the Patriot system would be a “legitimate target” for attacks, and warned that the delivery of the system would be seen as an escalation.

A strictly tactical implication of this would be that the enhanced range of Iranian supplied missiles would require the increased capabilities of the Patriot missile system to offer effective defence. »